https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFyTvxYVfacWatch the youtube of this little Southern Boobook Owl emerging from the tree hollow of the Sydney Blue Gum located on a street tree in the residential area near the Terrys Creek corridor. Tree hollows are critical nesting habitat for many species of our native wildlife including most parrot species. No tree.....no me!

Update from Kylie McMahon of Ryde Council on the impacts to the new sandstone creek bank reinforcement work & plantings along Vimiera & Forrester Park. Thankfully they wore the brunt of the impacts with a couple of boulders loosing position, a few of the seedlings & one mature blue gum lost. The damage would have been a lot worse if this work had not been done. Huge thank you to Kylie who worked hard to achieve the grant that supported the majority of this work.

Terrys Creek was one of the many victims of the recent storm & heavy rainfall event that saw the whole east coast of Australia impacted. I have not been able to get down there to check for the damage. Any news would be appreciated. Meanwhile here are some photographs Jenny posted to me in the days following.

Last Sunday was the final planting out for this area. This eventually will help offset in some way, the great number of significant habitat trees lost in the last few years. Positively, the area of Blue Gum High Forest in Vimiera Park has been expanded to Blaxland Road. Eastwood.

Sadly its goodbye to the Natural Areas staff of Hornsby Council who have given great support to restoring the habitat of Terrys Creek south of the M2 - unfortunately, due to the new council amalgamations they. have lost management of this area . The commitment particularly of Donna Fitton & Ross Rapmund to restoring Blue Gum High Forest has been amazing in what has achieved. A big thank you to all!